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How can rocks appear at the top of mountains that were once under the sea millions of years ago?
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There is something called plate tectonics at work. The entire crust of the earth is made up of different pieces, or plates, which move around slowly on top of a lower level called the mantle. As these plates move around, sometimes they move or "crash" into each other, and land that was once at a low level is pushed up higher and higher to form mountains.
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How can rocks on high mountains have fossils?
The material on the mountains was not always up there. Mountains are generally created by what is called uplift. And places that were under water and then had remains laid down and fossilized can be uplifted through long periods of time to create mountains. The fossils are then found up there in the mountains. The geologic process is fairly well understood and modeled by geologists.
The Igneous rocks that form under the surface?
are called rocks
How mountains were made?
Mountain were made by huge segments of the earth's crust also know as tectonic plate. Over millions of year of volcanic activity under the earths crust forced these plates to shift. When to plates meet, the force of the volcanic pressure and the to plates may be pushed upward and create mountains.
Why do rocks come up in dirt?
When the Earth shifts beneath us, it pushes these rocks from under the dirt. The dirt is formed from parent rocks under the dirt. The movements cause vibrations and the rocks, as well as other things, move upward.
Which type of rocks are produced from other types of rocks under high temperature and pressure?
metamorphic
How can rocks be changed?
usually, due to friction with sand ( in desert ), water ( in rivers ) and ice ( usually in mountains) that causes glaciers..thats the shape of them. if you mean the types of rocks..for millions of years ago, rocks as we know them where buried under layers of sand and with lots of different levels of heat and pressure, new types of rocks are formed
What force causes sedimentary rocks to be transformed into metamorphic rocks?
Pressure and heat from being buried under mountains.
What forces cause sedimentary rocks to transform into metamorphic rocks?
Pressure and heat from being buried under mountains.
Why metamorphic rocks appear to be flattened or crushed?
Becausethey are under a great pressure under the Earth's surface.
Are fossils in rocks?
FOSSILS are found in sedimentary rocks. sedimentary because the rocks have been under water for over millions years and build layers till it made a cliff. THIS IS ROCK CYCLE
How did the mountains appear in Japan?
Japan is on the ring of fire, most of the mountains there are volcanos resulting from the subduction of the pacific plate under the asian plate.
Are the Rocky Mountains fold mountains?
No, the rocky mountains were not formed on a destructive plate. That is wrong, they are fold mountains, they were formed on a weakening in the plate, and millions of years ago the plate was under pressure and then it buckled and the Rockies were formed.
Which type of rock is most commonly found buried deep under mountains or in the Earth's crust?
igneous rocks
Are the Alps folded volcanic or fault block?
Fault Block. That is wrong, they are fold mountains, they were formed on a weakening in the plate, and millions of years ago the plate was under pressure and then it buckled and the Rockies were formed.
Why do fold mountains have metamorphic rocks?
Most mountains are metamorphic due to the environment they are formed. The folding occurs deep below the surface where the rocks are only partially melted, and under increasing pressures and temperatures. This causes the rocks to bend (fold) and recrystallize into metamorphic versions of the origin rocks.
How can rocks on high mountains have fossils?
The material on the mountains was not always up there. Mountains are generally created by what is called uplift. And places that were under water and then had remains laid down and fossilized can be uplifted through long periods of time to create mountains. The fossils are then found up there in the mountains. The geologic process is fairly well understood and modeled by geologists.
Is the earth's crust thicker under the mountains or under the ocean?
mountains
